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Atomicfrog

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Soldier30 said:
PMC "Wagner" showed the creation of an anti-tank "Wagner Line" with the help of an engineering vehicle MDK-3. The MDK-3 excavation machine is a further development of the MDK-2m machine and is designed to excavate shelters for vehicles and create pits. The car entered service with the army at the end of the 80s, but did not take root in the troops, let's say because of its excess power and turned out to be structurally difficult to operate and repair. The machine has a pressurized cabin and digs a pit, including in frozen ground, moving in reverse. The MDK-3 can dig a cover for a tank in just 3 minutes. Machine capacity: 1000 m³/hour. The depth of the created trenches is up to 3.5 meters, the width along the bottom is 3.7 meters. Crew 2 people and three paratroopers. The car has a night vision device. Diesel multi-fuel V-shaped V-46-4 engine. The maximum speed on the highway is 65 km/h. Fuel reserve. 500 km. or 10-12 noon. Work.

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Nice to see engineering vehicule at work, didn't see a lot used by Russian forces. That thing is impressive !
 
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pmc

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The report is good but it forget to mention that these drones are introduced after thousands of missiles (the biggest missile firing in history of warfare).
Its Ukraine ineffective air defense system and airforce that made this slow moving drones more effective.
There is also lack of modern SAMs like S350 and Pantsir SM in quantities also impacting Russians but still they banished drones like TB2.
The key deficiency is not in weopons but lack of modern sensors both radar and optronics in attack chopper like those in Ka-52M/Mi-28NM that can deal with mobile multi target at standoff distances this thing alone can eliminate missile launchers and vehicles.
Only capability not tried yet is i think MIG-29K from RuNavy with targeting pod. that will be medium altitude strikes with full defensive suite but still a outside the envelope of ukrainian systems.

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The OLS-KE product is included in the delivery under the currently ongoing export contract for MiG-29M/M2 aircraft. We have already manufactured the first serial products, which will be delivered to a foreign customer in the near future.

Optoelectronic container systems are designed to search for ground or surface targets by a pilot using an image on a multifunctional display in the infrared and visible ranges or a mixed image. The infrared and television channels are equipped with zoom lenses, which allow for an overview of the underlying surface in a wide field and detailed recognition of the detected target in a narrow one.

When a target is captured at the pilot's command, it is automatically tracked and the relative angular coordinates and range are measured. A coded target illumination can also be carried out for aiming a guided weapon. There is also the possibility of detecting a target illuminated by a laser signal from another carrier or from the ground.
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gelgoog

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Project 22350 has been delayed like heck. But completion of Admiral Golovko and Admiral Isakov shows the former lack of engines, after Russia could no longer import marine gas turbines from Ukraine, has been sorted out. UEC Saturn has delivered.
 
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gelgoog

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The main issue will be supporting industrial gas turbines for which parts cannot be imported anymore.

Russia has a license to manufacture some of the smaller GE gas turbines. Russian Gas Turbines can manufacture the GE 6F.03 82 MW gas turbine with 100% Russian parts. UEC Saturn finished recently development of the GTD-110M 118 MW gas turbine. Power Machines should also be finishing development of several new gas turbine models over the next couple of years including the GTE-170 and GTE-65 with 170 MW and 65 MW respectively.
 
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